All wrapped up and ready to go....

Whew! Baking complete and everything is packaged up. I promised to post everything we made to send out as food gifts this year so here is the round up of what was included in each box. Each picture is clickable to enlage. *Recipes will be posted during the next couple days

Almond Roca - Crunchy Toffee coated with Chocolate and Toasted Shaved Almonds

Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Squares - Rolo's placed on a buttery pretzel square then warmed in the oven until soft. M&Ms and Kissables top these treats. Fast to make and a great snack combination

Chocolate-Cranberry and Pistachio Biscotti - Deep Chocolate Biscotti with Dried Cranberries and Pistachios

Chocolate Malted M&M Cookies - I tinkered with this recipe from when I made them with the kissables and they stayed crisper longer. A faint hint of chocolate malt gives these a different but tasty flavor

Chocolate Molded Candies - Tempered Chocolate molded into festive shapes

Chocolate Topped Pretzel Rods - Tempered Chocolate molded onto pretzel rods

Cinnamon Fudge - Melt in your mouth and Creamy Cinnamon flavored Fudge

Cream Cheese Walnut Cookies - Buttery and nutty shortbread like cookies

Gingerbread Popcorn - Uniquely flavored caramel/toffee popcorn, heavy on the ginger

Layered Peppermint Bark - Real White Chocolate topped with Crushed Peppermint Candy Canes then layered with a dark chocolate/cream mixture and next a coating of White Chocolate finished off with more crushed candy canes

Nutty Linzer Cookies - Finely chopped almonds in the dough give these cookies such an intense nutty flavor - filled with smooth raspberry jam in the middle

Peppermint Kisses - Crispy peppermint flavored meringues

Popcorn Brittle - Great alternative brittle recipe made with crushed popcorn

Real White Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Bits - This is something we have made for the past 6 years and is always a hit.

Sugar Cookies - I've used the same recipe for the longest time for these cookies. Easy to roll out and always keep their shape. A hint of almond extact pushes the flavor up just enough to make people always ask for the recipe. I used a new Royal Icing recipe that will be the one I use from now on. The frosting sets up enough to stack, but is not rock hard and does not seem to chip when you bite into them.

Royal Icing Recipe

Two Toned Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge - Peanut Butter Fudge topped with a layer of Chocolate fudge. Not rock hard - Smooth, creamy and oh so good.

Wreath Doughnut Cookies - An attempt to make the Doughnut Cookies look somewhat like wreaths... A thick and crunchy butter/sugar type cookie topped with a simple thinned icing


So I think I'll go pass out now... So much stuff - but I did enjoy doing all of this which is the plus side! If I can keep my eyes open we will be watching Sahara with Matthew Mcconaughey and Penelope Cruz from Netflix tonight. Tomorrow I'll show you everything just before we started packing them up - it was quite a sight!